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FULL IL GUARANY (Gomes) Sao Paulo 2025 Enrique Bravo, Laura Pisani, Justice Kubheka
Information on the Performance
- Work Title: Il Guarany
- Composer: Gomes Antônio Carlos
- Libretto: Antonio Scalvini, Carlo D'Ormeville Libretto Text, Libretto Index
- Venue & Opera Company: Sala de Espetáculos do Theatro Municipal, Sao Paulo, Brazil
- Recorded: February 15, 2025
- Type: Staged Opera Live
- Singers: Enrique Bravo, Laura Pisani, Justice Kubheka, David Vera Popygua Ju, Zahỳ Tentehar, Araju Ara Poty, Lício Bruno, Andrey Mira, Guilherme Moreira, Carlos Eduardo Santos, Orlando Marcos, Gustavo Lassen
- Conductor: Roberto Minczuk
- Orchestra: Orquestra Sinfonico Municipal
- Chorus: Coro Lírico Municipal
- Chorus Master: Hernán Sánchez Arteaga
- Choreographer: Luaa Gabanini, Lu Favoreto
- Stage Director: Cibele Forjaz
- Stage Designer: Denilson Baniwa
- Costume Designer: Simone Mina
- Lighting Designer: Aline Santini
Information about the Recording
- Published by: Theatro Municipal de São Paulo
- Date Published: 2025
- Format: Streaming
- Quality Video: 4 Audio:4
- Subtitles: yessubs, itsubs, othersubs
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS PERFORMANCE
In this production, the emblematic opera, inspired by the Indianist novel by José de Alencar, gains a new interpretation under the conception of Ailton Krenak and stage direction by Cibele Forjaz. The presence on stage of a choir formed by indigenous Guarani people from the state of São Paulo and the actress Zahy Tentehar add a new dimension to the production.
Guarani was the first Brazilian opera to achieve international recognition and one of the few to remain in the canonical repertoire. The plot explores the love story between Cecília, the daughter of a Portuguese nobleman, and the indigenous Peri, the backdrop for the attempt, typical of nationalist literature, to create a founding myth of the Brazilian nation, in which the process of colonization would occur through the loving encounter between the colonized and the colonizer. This encounter is punctuated by the antithesis between the “noble savage,” submissive to the religious and civilizing values of the colonizers, and the untamed savage, the uncompromising defender of his land.